Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-26

a convenient knot-hole in the dim light OF the
sputter1ng tallow candle she saw the girl seated
went the pen for few moments, and then the
burner OF the midnight Oil threw 1T down with an
sgonnlng sob and clasped Aar hands tsnsely over
seemed. got up and paced the room, utterfng de-
spalrlng CALCULATIONS interspersed with soft low
means.
"Carrfe, what you dom this time O. night?
Dont you know hits gwine on midnight" spoke
IN, the, Watcher from the knot,hole "Put out that
| light now right straight and go ter bed. Go ter
peu n0ney-thasS good chile"
Ariadne at once obeyed, blowing out the candle
ana Throwing herself across the bed But after
| midnight the grand-dame was again awakened
ana saw a light shining through the kn0t-hole.
she rose to demonstrate with the girl, but found
her gone: The candle burned on the table, but no
| one was In the room. The door leading without
was wide open and the brilliant moonlight stream
ing In impaired to the dull rays OF the taow candle
ooh, laws-a-mussS! can't go hunt err sighed
| Old Mrs. Walker. ~ reckon she mus be Jes' run
And the weary Old woman went back to her
couch.
| When the sun again rose beyond the lake and
dispatched its shining greetings to the Giants
| Head on the opposite shore, an anxious man and a
weary Old woman were ascending that grassy
slope. They had been searching from the earliest
when they reached the summit OF the mound the
grand-dames hastily-fastened hair fell down and
the long gray treSseS scattered wildly. the red
golden, glowing orb, which seemed poised over the
water just down yonder at the end OF the lake four
| did not see what she might have SEEN
ooh, God Almighty! locker thar" cried Solo
They had found her at last. Here she lay in the
wei Wlre-grass, her dew-dampened whlte night
dress cnging close and revealing every lovely con-
and the wde-open eyes looked straight across the
lake to the shore whence she dreamed her Achilles
WAS s to She almost seemed to
solomon Walker tried todeceive himself. "Maw.
she amt dead, is she?n "Oh! ter be sho' she amt
.'she er jes tainted away from numbness out h-yer
IN the tna ,, ne spoke with frantic
bo e Of S las ana
DER" said old Mrs. Walker solemnly. 'She amt
reckon. The Lord knows Her brains was ad-
died. Clean sence the lake run OFF that second
The woman stopped, awe struck The sun did
not blind her now, and all at once 1t came over her
with feeling almost OF horror that the lake was
Some months after Ariadne's adventure at the
spring, tne same stranger passed on his way PACK
as the ne1ghbOrhOod was near, and finally found
himself at solomon walkers gate He was received
with no lack OF hospitality at the humble farm
house but gloom seemed to permeate the air
and he soon learned the meaning OF this, to his
keen regret. All his trouble then was vain; he
was not to see that strange girl again
gradually to talk about her, and by and by 1t all
came out about her strange dtstemper. Old Mrs
that there could be no motive for concealment
The strange man appeared to take a deep interest
In the matter and asked eagerly to be Shown her
writings; but here was second Disappointment
Old Mrs. Walker informed him that they had been
buried with her.
"She peared ter love hit so-that ere little
writ1n-boOk, an she had it thar by er when we
fOun' er That mOrnin; and Sol he said less do It,
Hit Wer the best way, Gaze never could a stood
ter see II lay1n' rOun' the house. AMI cOuldn a
put it in the fire."
She produced, however, a torn sheet OF paper
which she had but lately found, and placed IT be-
fore him as specimen OF Ar1acnes ''writn." 1t
was the ch1rOgraphy merely which she supposed
he was anxious to see, and she prepared TO feel
gratifed at his encOmiums But he did not admire
the chtrOgraphy. AS soon as his eyes fell On the
Impractical childish hand the thought shaped in
in his mind that he had pushed forward only to
instant he muttered:
"Good heavens: they are shakespearean."
There was but -FOUR lines Of poetry on the paper
which could be read; the Others-at top and bot
ton-had been torn OF. 1t was, perhaps, rem.
nant OF one Of the sheets Ariadne lad torn up in
Was this all? Didn't she think there might still
be some scattered sheets lying about? Wonder
Ing at his eagerness old Mrs Walker answered no.
cred Giants Head-where once week poor Ma
than Cowsley brought his Offering OF f1Owers-and
The stranger came and stood by It. The place
seemed dreary enough now, with SO little OF water
in the lake and the dead leaves of winter falling.
But the light frosts OF the region harmed not the
masses in exlltant-like luxuriance; it would soon
swoop over and obiterate tho little earthen
mound.
"Alasl poor young poetic die with your noble
songs unsung." so sighed the stranger and looked
and went his way.
SO let US not sigh.
With the Greeks Of crete the goddess-named
Ariadne was the Return OF Spring. The spring
sleeps through the wintry night, but rises into
life again at Its own dawn. So pOet-sOuled Arr
adne sleeps only In the death-transltiOn and
wakes full soon in the eternal Spring to find her
mate, and to find the voice-unclogged and free
flowing now-to sing her songs those pent-up
unSung songs With which her heart had burst.
How It IL I'm Omaha.
The numbers that bloom in the spring, tra-lA
Have nothing to do with the streets
stranger can't find blamed thing, tra.la,
To show him where he is gong ira la,
But must ask Of the man whom he meets.
But must ask of the man whom he meets,
And that Is the reaso 4 we say and we sing
Oh, bother the numbers that bloom in the spring,
Tra-a, La 10 Ia III,
Trz-a, Ia Ia Ia Ia,
The numbers that bloom in the spring.
The street name that blooms in the lamps tra-la
Has nothing to do with the street,
Our visitors wander like tramps, tra-la,
LII car fare they waste all their stamps tra-la.
And they fail to get there with both feet
And they tail to get there with both feet
The Word for this good reason valnps and reyamps
LIS oner to furnish the signs for the lamps,
Traa, IL la Ia,
Traa. Is Ia la,
To furnish the signs for the lamps.
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